BUT WHY? Apart from the fun of it?! 

Next Spring a small group of local people is going to help ‘Heal Africa’, a grass-roots organisation in Goma on the Congo-Rwanda boarder. And first they need to raise lots of money!

John Sainsbury, from Outreach House Church, who is leading the team, says: “HEAL Africa do an incredible job healing those who have suffered so much in conflicts and natural disasters. Medics and counsellors, agriculturalists and teachers, outreach workers and pastors are, quite literally, putting broken lives back together again: physically, emotionally and spiritually.

 “When people pull together, they can make a huge difference. We’re so privileged to live in this wonderful Lakeland community where people really do look after and care for each other. We want to share that with people across the world who have so little. No specific skills are required... just a big heart! When we go, the Congo team will put our people’s skills to good use, especially meeting the enormous needs of traumatised women and displaced children. It could be as simple as playing football or giving some basic English lessons.”

“We’re really hoping that some kind of ‘twinning’ arrangement might grow between our little village here and the people we want to help in Goma. There’s so much we can learn from them and much we can offer. We will be doing a considerable amount of fun fund raising to raise the money we need.”

Witherslack Welly Weekend will be on Saturday 10.10.2009 starting at 12noon at Dean Barwick School, Witherslack. 

PLEASE COME AND JOIN IN THE FUN! WE NEED AT LEAST 250 WELLY-WEARING CONGA-PARTICIPANTS - young and old and everyone in between!

Any old wellies, rejected wellies, smelly wellies... can be taken to Outreach House, The Barn, Little Strickland Hill, Witherslack. LA11 6SA!

For more information please contact Sarah Bradley 015395 52340 BraddersS@aol.com 

If anyone would like to know more or be involved in the trip please contact John Sainsbury 015395 52021 john@outreach-house.org

And have a look at the website: www.healafrica.org

21.7.09

Club

On Saturday 18^th July, 11 adventurers enjoyed a fantastic afternoon of Kayaking on Coniston water. The club is open to anyone from Witherslack or surrounding villages who want to get out and about and enjoy the adventure of life. The next event is a scheduled to be a golf day on Saturday 8^th August so if you fancy joining that adventure then contact Keith Smith on 52122 or John Sainsbury on 52021.

Heal Africa

On Sunday 19^th July there was a gathering at Outreach House of those who are working to send a team of volunteers to the D.R.Congo next April. This exciting venture is aiming to provide direct assistance to Heal Africa who are working to heal bodies, minds and communities in that war torn region. A number of fund-raising events are now in the process of planning including a Welly Week kicking off on 10^th October and a Garden Party on 19^th September at Outreach House. For further information contact john@outreach-house.org or telephone 01539 552021.